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Catherine Feth[1, 2, 3]

Female 1846 - 1934  (88 years)


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  • Name Catherine Feth 
    Born 28 Feb 1846  , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81917703 
    Residence 1863  Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Catholic 
    Immigration 1888  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Name Catherine Bruder 
    Name Catherine Fath 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-119705P 
    Died 3 Oct 1934  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Cause: circulatory failure with pulmonary congestation & tumour stomach cancer 
    Buried Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I119705  Generations
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 

    Father Henry Feth,   b. Abt 1815, of, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ann Mary,   b. Abt 1815, of, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F33363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph M. Bruder,   b. CALC 18 Jan 1834, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1897  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1863  Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Bruder,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Anna Marie Bruder,   b. 5 May 1864, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Joseph Bruder,   b. 16 Nov 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Odillia Bruder,   b. 25 Nov 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 82 years)
     5. Johannah Bruder,   b. 13 Nov 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Henry L. Bruder,   b. 26 Jun 1872, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1937, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     7. Veronica Cecillia Bruder,   b. 25 Apr 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1967  (Age 91 years)
     8. Clements Bruder,   b. 12 Feb 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     9. Louisa T. Bruder,   b. Oct 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950  (Age ~ 70 years)
     10. Carolus Albert "Charles" Bruder,   b. 22 Sep 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1966, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     11. Katherine Isabella "Katie" Bruder,   b. 2 Nov 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 
    Family ID F30009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Esteemed New Germany Woman 89 Years Young; 101 Great Grandchildren

      One of Waterloo County's older women residents possesses a very unique record and looks back over her life with a great deal of satisfaction. And well she may do so. For at the age of 89 years she heads family numbering in all 180. The woman is Mrs. Catherine Bruder of New Germany, widow of the late Mr. Joseph Bruder of that place. Her family include 10 children of her own, 63 grandchildren, 101 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. All in the short space of 89 years.

      Mrs. Bruder, who had been in good health until six years ago, now lives with her daughter. Mrs. Jacob Weiler in New Germany. For forty years she lived on the Bruder homestead near New Germany, moving into the village 37 years ago and keeping house in her own home. looking after the household duties, and caring for her own garden. Six years ago when her health began to fail she took up residence with her daughter, where she still lives.

      Mrs. Bruder was born in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, as Catherine Fate. That was in the year 1845. At the age of two she came with her parents to Canada, taking up their pioneer life on a homestead in the Queen's Bush near what is now Preston. At the age of 18 she was married to the late Joseph Bruder, who died some 37 years ago. The wedding was performed in St. Boniface R. C. Church in New Germany by the late Rev. Father Kowalski. She immediately took up her new life with her husband on what is now known as the Bruder homestead where she engaged in the thousand-and-one duties then performed by the pioneer housewife. Her duties included not only the household work, but helping in the fields with all the crops. In the evenings she spent her time hunched under a lamp of candle-light sewing, knitting, darning, crocheting and knitting garments for her steadily growing family. These works took all her time from sunrise until late into the night. She recalls that she attended school only one day in her life, hence she has not learned the arts of reading and writing, never-the-less she has made a great success of her life.

      Mrs. Bruder has been a faithful member of St. Boniface Church, attending each Sunday with the exception of the past four years when she has been too frail to leave her daughter's home. She still possesses full faculty of her mind, thinking quickly, as well as being able to see and hear perfectly. She spends her time glancing through photographs of her descendants which she has pasted in a large family album.

      Her ten children are Mrs. Gottfried Reinhart, Kitchener, Mr. Joseph Bruder, New Germany, Mrs. Chris. Reinhart, Kitchener, Mrs. Rudolph Reinhart, Kitchener, Mr. Henry Bruder, Morse, Sask., Mrs. Andrew Weiler, Waterloo, Mr. Clements Bruder, Kitchener, Mrs. Jacob Weiler, New Germany, Mr. Charles Bruder, Pilkington, and Mrs. Norman Reinhart, Kitchener.

      Waterloo Chronicle 19 Jul 1934, p. 1

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016353-00.
      Clement BRUDER, 23, farmer, Waterloo Twp, no residence given, s/o Joseph BRUDER & Katherine FETH married Odilia REINHARD, 20, Galt, no residence given, d/o John REINHARD & Odilia HUMMEL, witn: Martin REINHARD of New Germany & Louise BRUDER of Waterloo Twp, 23 October 1900 in New Germany

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11910-1888.
      Christian Reinhardt (R.R. employee of Waterloo Twp) b. Tp of Waterloo Age: 22 born abt 1866 father: Martin Reinhardt mother: Theresa Wolbert married Odilia Bruder (resident of Waterloo Twp.) Age:: 21 born abt 1867 b. Tp of Waterloo father: Joseph Bruder mother: Katherine Feth married 6 Nov 1888 Marriage Place: Waterloo, New Germany

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018737-04.
      Charles Bruder, 22, Occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Twp, Res. New Germany, son of Joseph Bruder and Katharine Feth married Ida Lehman, 18, b. Woolwich, Res. Woolwich, daughter of Frank Lehman and Margaret Hauss, Witn: Albert Lehman of Woolwich and Katharine Bruder of New Germany, 12 January 1904 in New Germany

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-1 Page 10.

    5. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Mrs. Catherine Bruder g. 2 Oct 1934, Waterloo Township, b. 28 Dec 1845 Germany, d/o Joseph Fate (b. Germany) & not known, informant: C. Reinhardt (son-in-law) buried New Germany, cause: circulatory failure with pulmonary congestation & tumour stomach cancer

    6. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Bruder Joseph, 24, New Germany, Preston, s/o Philipp & Theresina, married 17 Feb 1863 Catherine Teth, 18, New Germany, Hesse Darmstadt, d/o Henry & Ann Mary

    7. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 32.

    8. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 8.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1845). Catherine Fate Bruder (1845-1934) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 18 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81917703/catherine-bruder.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1863 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Feb 1863 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Catholic - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1888 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: circulatory failure with pulmonary congestation & tumour stomach cancer - 3 Oct 1934 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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